Table II.B.1(2008) Number of private-sector employees by firm size and State: United States, 2008

 

Division and State

Total

 

Less than 10 employees

 

10-24 employees

 

25-99 employees

 

100-999 employees

 

1000 or more employees

 

Less than 50 employees

 

50 or more employees

 

 

United States

116,141,515

13,273,104

10,199,219

16,489,281

21,368,386

54,811,525

31,372,909

84,768,606

 

New England:

Connecticut

1,465,237

155,964

146,992

178,766

280,520

702,997

399,675

1,065,563

Maine

492,211

78,790

59,548

70,914

124,969

157,991

175,589

316,621

Massachusetts

3,001,586

296,826

254,632

411,780

589,209

1,449,139

758,505

2,243,081

New Hampshire

561,196

76,345

67,725

83,667

110,309

223,150

184,920

376,277

Rhode Island

427,164

54,842

43,063

55,931

92,348

180,980

130,341

296,823

Vermont

251,353

43,705

31,693

39,096

50,818

86,042

*

96,613

154,740

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3,561,007

486,390

305,838

612,767

621,034

1,534,978

1,074,506

2,486,501

New York

7,469,664

914,899

774,614

969,149

1,500,615

3,310,387

2,195,223

5,274,442

Pennsylvania

5,094,013

550,957

433,399

746,164

1,069,528

2,293,965

1,369,406

3,724,607

 

East North Central:

Illinois

5,405,168

570,933

380,188

789,903

1,042,803

2,621,341

1,269,731

4,135,436

Indiana

2,507,330

255,496

223,273

351,157

503,521

1,173,884

661,457

1,845,873

Michigan

3,449,973

428,671

337,867

506,077

725,848

1,451,509

1,004,358

2,445,615

Ohio

4,702,840

445,989

394,332

629,958

1,033,527

2,199,034

1,137,870

3,564,970

Wisconsin

2,558,435

325,577

232,108

416,520

496,678

1,087,552

719,331

1,839,103

 

West North Central:

Iowa

1,304,443

148,897

128,895

203,591

273,742

549,317

375,175

929,268

Kansas

1,109,140

144,978

103,007

197,521

209,812

453,822

332,305

776,835

Minnesota

2,468,336

245,051

251,253

342,158

505,258

1,124,617

662,853

1,805,484

Missouri

2,332,099

259,444

180,833

337,874

419,280

1,134,668

617,031

1,715,068

Nebraska

806,602

94,027

84,542

104,558

136,552

386,923

233,573

573,029

North Dakota

294,768

43,972

31,569

54,445

58,863

105,920

101,351

193,417

South Dakota

320,175

49,445

40,786

50,058

72,012

107,874

117,767

202,408

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

376,347

35,867

35,818

58,615

61,212

184,835

97,515

278,832

District of Columbia

464,559

32,071

34,804

60,070

119,311

218,303

93,755

370,804

Florida

6,891,517

836,866

504,471

758,560

917,390

3,874,231

1,690,739

5,200,778

Georgia

3,354,107

368,039

263,247

380,744

608,239

1,733,838

809,371

2,544,736

Maryland

2,082,590

237,061

187,959

335,775

324,644

997,151

587,078

1,495,512

North Carolina

3,440,453

400,570

313,033

433,099

694,502

1,599,249

936,590

2,503,864

South Carolina

1,528,356

164,942

140,193

206,156

278,469

738,596

414,113

1,114,243

Virginia

2,989,600

316,393

238,096

430,931

536,669

1,467,510

732,629

2,256,971

West Virginia

557,756

73,393

55,521

78,080

102,579

248,184

161,232

396,524

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1,574,811

162,929

162,434

224,569

273,021

751,858

429,232

1,145,579

Kentucky

1,501,784

158,524

124,525

205,216

250,701

762,817

380,202

1,121,582

Mississippi

866,754

108,953

79,168

125,295

149,654

403,683

249,271

617,483

Tennessee

2,428,872

226,241

171,543

309,098

443,109

1,278,881

543,354

1,885,519

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

993,395

116,775

82,888

125,248

207,435

461,048

261,804

731,591

Louisiana

1,509,297

186,328

139,894

212,056

304,356

666,663

435,484

1,073,813

Oklahoma

1,219,330

160,458

107,809

199,034

240,299

511,731

365,674

853,656

Texas

8,741,171

874,861

653,894

1,248,234

1,303,154

4,661,028

2,169,751

6,571,420

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2,205,122

220,887

152,780

319,428

368,966

1,143,061

519,045

1,686,076

Colorado

1,968,132

259,305

200,468

316,547

278,334

913,479

610,548

1,357,585

Idaho

537,075

88,161

65,143

81,003

75,256

227,511

195,647

341,429

Montana

359,099

79,450

46,970

63,794

79,018

89,867

160,081

199,018

Nevada

1,124,623

95,361

82,625

134,394

263,135

549,108

236,440

888,183

New Mexico

675,889

71,090

66,121

111,211

112,417

315,050

184,415

491,474

Utah

1,066,544

122,380

86,934

156,217

215,743

485,270

298,390

768,154

Wyoming

207,629

40,616

30,883

33,387

30,211

72,531

88,956

118,673

 

Pacific:

Alaska

230,911

39,755

27,396

29,147

48,706

85,907

83,338

147,574

California

13,376,056

1,520,547

1,169,970

2,029,917

2,383,997

6,271,626

3,621,268

9,754,789

Hawaii

499,367

56,903

44,575

83,845

134,885

179,159

142,744

356,623

Oregon

1,435,738

193,524

165,003

234,709

233,735

608,767

460,902

974,837

Washington

2,351,885

353,655

258,895

352,847

411,994

974,494

795,761

1,556,124

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table II.B.1(2008) Standard error for number of private-sector employees by firm size and State: United States, 2008

 

Division and State

Total

 

Less than 10 employees

 

10-24 employees

 

25-99 employees

 

100-999 employees

 

1000 or more employees

 

Less than 50 employees

 

50 or more employees

 

 

United States

751,026

143,509

173,254

281,188

362,224

754,329

152,751

694,634

 

New England:

Connecticut

90,005

7,752

11,207

25,498

39,665

59,764

21,490

85,206

Maine

39,547

4,046

9,310

11,842

15,780

32,247

10,244

34,488

Massachusetts

206,909

21,577

27,607

50,150

63,442

150,336

54,635

177,249

New Hampshire

30,429

5,685

9,344

8,867

14,031

26,674

10,798

27,935

Rhode Island

15,479

3,476

6,805

7,580

8,210

20,029

10,469

13,668

Vermont

24,798

2,208

4,146

4,068

4,763

26,791

*

4,923

24,288

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

161,663

39,777

35,447

88,981

67,825

126,001

76,657

148,886

New York

182,564

42,384

80,703

97,917

113,017

231,636

77,514

212,008

Pennsylvania

233,008

30,743

44,688

67,683

133,276

166,460

29,034

220,406

 

East North Central:

Illinois

244,012

20,330

26,690

63,995

101,237

236,020

42,747

251,522

Indiana

124,137

15,577

20,071

28,624

53,691

102,426

30,552

105,184

Michigan

112,263

22,577

29,163

56,750

59,901

98,426

35,926

106,633

Ohio

174,973

14,693

44,688

49,636

98,314

135,529

63,019

159,836

Wisconsin

102,694

16,343

25,085

34,529

58,014

74,987

20,124

96,721

 

West North Central:

Iowa

49,614

5,536

11,808

33,582

28,293

54,642

13,538

47,489

Kansas

44,505

9,318

15,138

17,443

36,602

43,785

14,335

50,569

Minnesota

155,105

17,252

33,825

48,317

59,497

162,639

36,602

166,777

Missouri

114,457

14,909

18,339

35,913

62,942

83,003

25,724

100,139

Nebraska

43,173

4,383

12,814

9,882

17,323

40,073

12,223

47,204

North Dakota

13,586

3,104

2,559

5,972

6,573

14,205

5,604

11,087

South Dakota

15,881

1,690

3,197

5,262

6,644

11,843

5,605

15,229

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

22,882

1,613

4,605

6,388

8,002

21,610

5,758

20,436

District of Columbia

30,307

2,516

2,601

9,832

12,070

31,357

7,192

34,908

Florida

311,899

30,507

59,927

79,317

105,600

292,744

53,490

316,234

Georgia

147,357

23,882

36,583

35,968

92,286

171,813

51,269

169,992

Maryland

69,166

19,052

27,261

29,848

25,251

63,728

24,724

69,247

North Carolina

222,161

33,213

33,411

58,614

98,945

162,557

49,403

198,032

South Carolina

84,709

6,992

20,508

22,816

31,025

82,377

22,875

81,134

Virginia

123,935

19,481

28,455

40,160

73,793

128,112

34,948

116,105

West Virginia

49,769

8,029

6,126

9,148

14,516

49,596

7,188

50,746

 

East South Central:

Alabama

82,381

12,133

20,516

26,627

26,163

80,176

16,612

87,620

Kentucky

83,138

8,089

13,275

15,422

24,056

70,189

12,579

76,259

Mississippi

46,770

9,605

8,543

9,461

22,478

42,222

12,364

43,833

Tennessee

102,068

16,923

13,329

33,426

49,554

101,503

34,438

88,206

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

43,788

6,283

10,533

10,896

22,271

49,160

12,074

39,868

Louisiana

82,280

7,061

18,206

27,914

39,780

71,149

18,534

78,335

Oklahoma

77,075

6,786

15,074

21,062

35,600

75,199

23,689

82,498

Texas

591,362

45,171

39,301

111,023

104,272

554,961

73,026

555,406

 

Mountain:

Arizona

142,533

22,123

12,524

36,029

41,742

137,958

33,479

127,755

Colorado

116,924

20,231

20,157

49,101

30,114

121,290

38,979

134,322

Idaho

44,299

3,924

7,139

8,309

12,224

46,880

9,307

43,757

Montana

13,061

4,585

5,747

10,293

11,542

12,215

4,229

12,430

Nevada

71,539

8,005

11,530

32,880

49,572

49,440

15,739

70,056

New Mexico

40,373

3,593

3,410

13,991

14,640

37,748

4,839

41,724

Utah

72,425

7,021

5,710

15,377

33,922

55,818

20,278

66,686

Wyoming

10,173

2,668

5,369

4,358

3,701

6,963

6,908

8,050

 

Pacific:

Alaska

11,799

2,905

2,831

3,472

6,109

13,328

3,518

11,926

California

235,534

60,162

73,621

99,617

158,436

295,442

104,895

215,298

Hawaii

29,242

6,017

8,412

9,773

17,826

16,385

12,835

24,745

Oregon

50,019

15,003

13,176

18,491

20,721

47,772

18,742

56,263

Washington

142,218

18,585

27,176

45,330

44,885

85,326

44,746

135,098

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.